16s might make it harder for you to buy and or resell tires when upgrading. Cozdude didn't you have a set of 16" wheel mud grapplers for sale a while back? I remember you having to lower and lower the price because most of us are on 17s.
I'd run 17s for that reason alone. It's never fun running a non standard size.
yup had some 315/75r16 mud grapplers with the warranty thru discount tire for sale for a few months and had a hard time selling them. no one wanted them because they were 16's. even people on craigslist were lowballing me $500 under what i was asking just becuase they were 16's